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On the recordOctober 5, 2009
the point that I am trying to make is that, to the extent that there is some question about the authority that the President can exercise through his assistants and advisers, that is a limitation that pertains to the President himself.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes that limitations on authority affect the President directly.

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